Agreed. Depending on what kind of work you're thinking of doing, a rescue can still fulfill your needs. For example, rescue dogs *rock* at agility, obedience, flyball, and other sports like that. Unless you need a dog for showing/breeding or herding (which requires a dog with solid instincts - and even then, a rescue dog might work), I think you'd be better off looking on Petfinder than on breeders' websites